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Ubisoft Spreading Yearly Assassin's Creed Release Model To Other Properties
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot believes the company can release quality, big-budget games every year with more franchises outside of Assassin's Creed.
When Ubisoft revealed that Assassin's Creed Brotherhood was coming within a year of the release of AC II, many were skeptical of its quality. When it did release, it laid most of these fears to rest with high reviews and great sales. Now Ubisoft hopes to hit the high bar again with Assassin's Creed Revelations (this month's Game Informer cover story).
Guillemot explained the strategy on Ubisoft's yearly investor conference call.
"What is impressive with the release year after year of Assassin's Creed is our ability to deliver every time with a high level of innovation and creativity in a large and very diverse open world," he said. "There is no other open world console game that is coming on a yearly basis."
"We are applying the very [same] product template to our other strong franchises to bring them back to Assassin's Creed blockbuster profitable status," he added.
What Ubisoft franchises would you like to see on a yearly schedule?
[Via Giant Bomb]
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